I’m just going to rip into this book…

I got this book, because it looked interesting.  Reading about Turner Syndrome (something I knew nothing about) and how it affects a family appealed to me.

I was up to page 100 before anything was mentioned about the disease.  It’s been a quick read, but it just talks about a family and what they are all about.   So far nothing is jumping out at me.

Page 123.  Still nothing.  Scott seems to be getting the most attention in this book and it’s not really all that interesting.

Page 169.  Chapter 4 starts here.  I hadn’t realized it until then, but each chapter has about 4 sub-chapters.  They are laid out like a normal chapter, but without a number.  This turned me off (even more than I already was).

Ooh here we go.  We are finally talking about Gwen and how her condition affects her and her family.  Four (4) pages later, we are done with the explanation.  Nice.

I finished this book, because by then I was invested in it.  Sadly.

This is a story about a family.  A family like yours and mine.  With our quirky relatives and secrets we all keep in death.  It was an easy read, but really, who cares?  I feel I could have gone to my neighbors and gotten a good story just as easily.

There is NOTHING in this book that makes it different from anyone else’s life.  The Turner Syndrome isn’t discussed with any detail.  We aren’t even told how Gwen dealt with it during her school years.  It’s just brushed over.  We are told about her running away to a man on an island that she barely knows.  Show me a woman that hasn’t done that at least once in her life.  We all fall for the mysterious man at some point.  Nothing special there.  The brothers each have their secrets, (Show me a family that doesn’t) and the parents are divorced, but still speak to each other at time.  Just your regular American family.

Woop-de-doo

Sorely disappointed.